Journal of Heart Valve Disease March 2003

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: Dilation of the Ascending Aorta Due to Medial Degeneration Tirone E. David MD	124
Asymmetric Medial Degeneration of the Ascending Aorta in Aortic Valve Disease: A Pilot Study of Surgical Management Maurizio Cotrufo MD, Alessandro Della Corte MD, Luca S. De Santo MD, marisa De Feo MD, Franco E. Covino MD, Giovanni Dialetto MD	127
Invited Commentary Francis Robicsek MD	134
Prediction of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation after Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Aortic Stenosis: Identification of Potential Risk Factors Ewa Orlowska-Baranowska MD, Rafa Baranowski MD, Piotr Michalek MD, Piotr Hoffman MD, Tomasz Rywik MD, Irena Rawczynska-Englert MD	136
Left Ventricular Longitudinal Shortening in Patients with Aortic Stenosis: Relationship with Symptomatic Status Antonio G. Tongue MD, Jean G. Dumesnil MD, Isabelle Laforest BSc, Claudine Theriault MD, Louis Gilles Durand Eng, PhD, Philippe Pibarot DVM	142
Ross Procedure using Pulmonary Autograft with a Previous Prosthetic Patch Andras Kollar MD, Istvan Hartyanszky MD, Krisztina Kadar MD	150
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
Editorial: Endomyocardial Biopsy Cornelia Piper MD, Dieter Horstkotte MD	153
Techniques for Ensuring the Correct Length of New Mitral Chords Carlos M. G. Duran MD, Filip Pekar MD	156
Quality of Life after Mitral Valve Surgery: Differences between Reconstruction and Replacement Franz F. Immer MD, Olivio Donati MD, Thomas Wyss MD, Alexsandra S. Immer-Bansi MD, Jörg Schmidli MD, Pascal A. Berdat MD, Thierry P. Carrel MD	162
Simultaneous Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement: Predictors of Adverse Outcome Kenji Kuwaki MD, Masaru Tsukamoto MD, Kanshi Komatsu MD, Kiyofumi Morishita MD, Junichi Sakata MD, Tomio Abe MD	169
Left Ventricular Myxoma Originating from the Papillary Muscle Masaru Yoshikai MD, Keiji Kamohara MD, Hideyuki Fumoto MD, Hiromitsu Kawasaki MD	177
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Functional Anatomy of the Normal Mitral Apparatus: A Transthoracic, Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Study Haritha Babburi MD, Raju Oommen RDCS, Alessandra Brofferio MD, Arzu Ilercil MD, Robert Frater FRCS, Jamshid Shirani MD	180
Morphological Analysis of Aortic Root in Eccentric Aortic Regurgitation using Anyplane Two-Dimensional Images produced by Transesophageal Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Yoshihiro Sato MD, Junya Kamata MD, Hiroshi Izumoto MD, Kenji Nakai MD, Kohei Kawazoe MD	186
Echocardiographic markers of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Associated with Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure Mordehay Vaturi MD, Yaron Shapira MD, Hana Vaknin-Assa MD, Aviv Oron MS, Revital Matesko RDCS, Alex Sagie MD	197
Exercise Echocardiographic Comparison of Pulmonary Autograft and Aortic Homograft Replacements for Aortic Valve Disease in Adults Andrew Wang MD, James Jaggers MD, Ross M. Ungerleider MD, Chang S. Lim MD, Thomas Ryan MD	202
BASIC SCIENCE: BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES
Inhibition of Cusp and Aortic Wall Calcification in Ethanol- and Aluminum-Treated Bioprosthetic Heart Valves in Sheep: Background, Mechanisms, and Synergism Robert J. Levy MD, Narendra Vyavahare PhD, Matthew Ogle, Paul Ashworth, Richard Bianco, Frederick J. Schoen MD	209
Degeneration of Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Cusp and Wall Tissues is Initiated during Tissue Preparation: An Ultrastructural Study Dan T. Simionescu PhD, Joshua J. Lovekamp MS, Narendra R. Vyavahare PhD	217
Glycosaminoglycan-degrading Enzymes in Porcine Aortic Heart Valves: Implications for Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Degeneration Dan T. Simionescu PhD, Joshua J. Lovekamp MS, Narendra R. Vyavahare PhD	226
BASIC SCIENCE: MECHANICAL VALVES
Bubble Observation and Transient Pressure Signals in Mechanical Heart Valve Cavitation Study Xu Lijun, Yeo Joon Hock, Ned H. C. Hwang	245
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Differences between Endocarditis with True Negative Blood Cultures and those with Previous Antibiotic Treatment José Zamorano MD, Javier Sanz MD, Carlos Almería MD, Jose-Luis Rodrigo MD, Miriam Samedi MD, Dioniosio Herrera MD, Adalia Aubele MD, Luis Mataix MD, Viviana Serra MD, Raúl Moreno MD, Luis Sánchez-Harguindei MD	257
Pasteurella multocida Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Case Report and Literature Review G. Fayad MD, Thomas Modine MD, Samia Mokhtari MD, Laurence Legout MD, Christophe Decoene MD, Richard Azzaoui MD, Shari Al-Ruzzeh MD, Ghassan Naja MD, Benoit Larrue MD, Fréderic Lecomte MD, Eric Senneville MD, Henri Warembourg MD	261
TISSUE ENGINEERING
Tricuspid Valve Biopsy: A Potential Source of Cardiac Myofibroblast Cells for Tissue-Engineered Cardiac Valves Mary S. Maish MD, Diane Hoffman-Kim PhD, Paula M. Krueger, Jason M. Souza, James J. Harper, III, VMD, Richard A. Hopkins MD	265
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to Filsoufi F, Aklog L, Adams DH, et al. Management of mild to moderate aortic stenosis at the time of coronary artery bypass grafting. J Heart Valve Dis 2002;11(Suppl.I):S45-S49	271